Day after raids on Chidambarams, CBI arrests Karti aide Bhaskararaman

Wednesday, 18 May 2022newsdesk

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested alleged chartered accountant and close aide of Karti Chidambaram, S Bhaskararaman, in connection with the fresh ‘bribe for visas’ case. Sources said Bhaskararaman was arrested late on Tuesday night after hours of questioning.

New Delhi, 18 May 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, “He was not cooperating with the investigation and so we had to arrest him. He will be produced in a competent court today,” a CBI officer said. The agency on Tuesday conducted nationwide searches at various premises linked to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti – both Congress MPs – in connection with a fresh corruption case registered against the latter. Sources said the searches were conducted at 10 locations in Chennai, Mumbai, Koppal (Karnataka), Jharsuguda (Orissa), Mansa (Punjab) and Delhi. The FIR, the sources said, is based on allegations that Karti accepted a bribe of Rs 50 lakh from the Vedanta Group to facilitate visas for 300 Chinese nationals of a company working in collaboration with a Vedanta subsidiary for a power project in Punjab.

Source -The Indian Express